[mou-net] Muscovy Duck

  I just got asked to identify a bird from some pictures that turned out to be a Muscovy duck. I am not sure if this is an escaped game bird or if it is way off course. It was spotted last week in Central Park in Roseville, just east of Victoria, north of the ball fields.     Thanks, Jeff

[mou-net] Surf Scoter - Winona Co

The Surf Scoter is still at the spillway along prairie island road as of 7am today. Andrew Nyhus Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html

[mou-net] Sherburne - John Tester talk Wednesday

Hi All,   For any of you who may be interested, Prof. John Tester is going to be here at Sherburne on Wednesday this week at 1:00 p.m. to give a presentation on Minnesota's Natural Heritage.  His talk will be based on his book of the same name.  If you're interested in learning a little more

[mou-net] Muscovy Duck

We had no trouble spotting the Muscovy Duck reported at Roseville's Central Park as reported by Jeff Fischer. I took a photo of it so if anyone would like to see it, let me know and I will email it to you. It was clearly visible from Victoria Street. Interesting looking duck! Gail

[mou-net] White Bear Lake shorebird spot, Ramsey County

In addition to the Pig's Eye Lake shorebird spots posted recently by Erik Collins, Ramsey County has another spot that is currently attracting shorebirds: the west side of White Bear Lake. Park along Banning Ave., Stewart Ave., or Morehead Ave. north of Lake Ave. and walk south across the road to

[mou-net] Salt Lake Birding Weekend

On Saturday at 7AM 75 hearty birders were waiting at the Marietta American Legion to begin the 37th annual Salt Lake bird count. 128 different species were found in Lac Qui Parle and Big Stone counties under cloudy and windy conditions. An additional 5 species were found on Friday and Sunday.

[mou-net] Northern Mockingbird, Watonwan County

Andrew Krenz just called to report a Northern Mockingbird at the DNR station south of Hwy. 60 west of Madelia. He said the bird was on the southwest corner of a burned area. -- Robert Dunlap Graduate Research Assistant Natural Resources Science and Management University of Minnesota Hodson Hall

[mou-net] Rice Lake, Eden Prairie

This afternoon about 2, in addition to the Yellowlegs and probably Willets and Dunlins (too far away to tell), I was able to spot the Godwit as previously mentioned. Thanks to Bill Litkey and Rob (I am terrible with names) for their scopes. Also seen, 3 Wilson's Phalaropes just to the east of

[mou-net] Cowbirds

It's my understanding, that one female cowbird can during the course of one summer lay upwards of 40 eggs, and in theory compromise an equal number of nests. While I understand the life history of cowbirds and the extent to which humans thru their activities stack species against each

[mou-net] Birding about

I had a very successful trip out to the Salt Lake festival, found over a hundred species. The Marbled Godwit was still at Cory Lake on Sunday. We also found a couple of American Pipits there, including an unstreaked bird that appeared to be an alticola subspecies, which would not be expected